Farmers’ group doubts benefits of oil palm plantation in Davao

FADC spokesperson Pedro Arnado told Davao Today that Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s proposal to Paquibato farmers to embrace oil palm "may be enticing", but warns that only businessmen may profit at the expense of farmers.

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Davao City Mayor Rody Duterte signs a deal with the Korean Engineering and Construction for a US$ 1-million study on building a light railway system in Davao City by 2015.

Davao taps Korean firm on LRT project study

The city government thinks this could happen, as Mayor Rodrigo Duterte entered a deal with the Korean Engineering and Construction (KEC) to conduct a joint study and construction of this project.

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Daneco-CDA says rival co-op resorts to drama, deception

An official of Davao del Norte Electric Cooperative under the wing of Cooperative Development Authority (Daneco-CDA) slammed its rival group, Daneco-National Electrification Administration (Daneco-NEA) affiliate for resorting to “drama and deception” due to lack of financial transparency.

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Consumers of debt-ridden Daneco fume over impending power outages

Member-consumers of Davao del Norte Electric Cooperative are enraged that more power outages will be done soon because the firm failed to pay its half a billion debt to the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management (PSALM) Corporation.

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